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lisa, welcome to the show. great to have you here. >> great to be here, thank you. gei: this is my first introduction to colored diamonds, but they are incredibly popular. why are they colored, yellow, pink, blue? >> so, simply put, color is determined by the chemical components that are found in the mines where these diamonds a mined, so, for example -- gerri: in the arth? >> in the dirt and actual earth blends itself to a specific color. gerri: what do you like best here? >> oh, that's a trick question. for me, personally, i love this two karot vivid blue ring. there's a chemical component that makes the blue diamond have a blue ue, and boron is found in the mines where blue dimes are found. it's interesting. there's a very strong scientific component. gerri: the setting is unusual. it's a flower and it's charming. >> it is. we have an in-house team of designers and jewelers, and every pair of stones or collection of stoned received, we sit down with the team, and we really let the damond do the talking, so -- gerri: let the diamond talk. >> yes, they talk to us.
lisa, welcome to the show. great to have you here. >> great to be here, thank you. gei: this is my first introduction to colored diamonds, but they are incredibly popular. why are they colored, yellow, pink, blue? >> so, simply put, color is determined by the chemical components that are found in the mines where these diamonds a mined, so, for example -- gerri: in the arth? >> in the dirt and actual earth blends itself to a specific color. gerri: what do you like best here?...
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over the last four years, lisa jackson and her team at the epa have helped us reduce the emissions of the dangerous carbon pollution that causes climate change, put in place the toughest new pollution standards in two decades. lisa is now ready for a well-deserved break coming and i want to very much thank bob who has been a great secretary and acting as the acting administrator so please come everybody give bob a big round of applause. [applause] as we move forward, i think there is nobody who can do a better job of filling of lisa's shoes permanently than my nominee who is standing beside me here, gina mccarthy. [applause] you wouldn't know from talking to her, but gina is from boston. [laughter] one of her proudest moments was yelling play ball before the game. gina has plenty more to be proud of. as top environmental official in massachusetts and connecticut, she helped design programs to expand energy efficiency and promote renewable energy. as assistant epa administrator, gina focused on practical, cost-effective ways to keep the air clean and our economy growing. she has earned
over the last four years, lisa jackson and her team at the epa have helped us reduce the emissions of the dangerous carbon pollution that causes climate change, put in place the toughest new pollution standards in two decades. lisa is now ready for a well-deserved break coming and i want to very much thank bob who has been a great secretary and acting as the acting administrator so please come everybody give bob a big round of applause. [applause] as we move forward, i think there is nobody who...
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host: lisa is still with us. where did it change in strategy comes from? is it attributed to someone specifically at the white house? guest: [indiscernible] democrats and officials assumed that republicans would never be able to swallow the defense cuts that were part of the sequester deal, that they would never sllow -- allow those cuts to happen. it was a little bit of a shift in the republican caucus where they broke their traditional opposition. many particularly younger house republicans, new members, those that came in with a lot of tea party support, they said that they did not like the way sequestration has been implemented but they would like more specificity in the across- the-board cuts. that is a bit of a surprise to the white house, which expected the republican caucus would never allow this to happen. part of the change stems from a miscalculation and from the simple fact that efforts to avert this just is not --just did not work, the strategy of going to republican districts, it did not seem to deter republicans from allowing this to go into
host: lisa is still with us. where did it change in strategy comes from? is it attributed to someone specifically at the white house? guest: [indiscernible] democrats and officials assumed that republicans would never be able to swallow the defense cuts that were part of the sequester deal, that they would never sllow -- allow those cuts to happen. it was a little bit of a shift in the republican caucus where they broke their traditional opposition. many particularly younger house republicans,...
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., lisa jackson, the past director, when i asked the question, i said if we were to incur all these taxes, would this have something we do in the united states affect the release of co2 worldwide, and she said no because the problem isn't here. the problem's in china. the problem's in india and other places. so again, for those who really believe that co2 is causing global warming or other climate disasters, keep in mind even the e.p.a. director appointed by president obama agrees that that would not reduce any co2 worldwide. with that, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. cornyn: madam president, i would ask unanimous consent that following my remarks, the senator from kentucky, senator paul, be recognized. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cornyn: madam president, i'm not sure where the obama administration is getting all of its talking points on the sequester, but the president might want to consider hiring a fact checker. even before the sequester took effect, education secretary arne duncan declared that schoolteachers were getting pink slips
., lisa jackson, the past director, when i asked the question, i said if we were to incur all these taxes, would this have something we do in the united states affect the release of co2 worldwide, and she said no because the problem isn't here. the problem's in china. the problem's in india and other places. so again, for those who really believe that co2 is causing global warming or other climate disasters, keep in mind even the e.p.a. director appointed by president obama agrees that that...
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lisa long is determined not to be one of them. >>hey mom, i'm cleaning this place and i got one more to clean and i'll have enough money to come home, i'll have the rent. >>oh no problem then babe, i love you. >>i love you too. ok bye. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> peter: good morning and welcome to current tv. i'm peter ogborn filling in for bill today tuesday march 5 2013. what a great big show we have coming up. despite their better judgment, they're letting me helm the ship today. igor volsky will be here from think progress plus cindy boren to talk sports from "the washington post." the lee brothers. from "buzzfeed," john stanton and art historian roger gasman. we have lots of stuff to talk about. one of the things we'll be talking about today is, believe it or not the presidential race of 2016 is already underway. we saw joe biden speaking. we saw jeb bush giving an interview where he left the door open to run for president in 2016. meanwhile, hillary clinton very quietly staying out of the limelight, perhaps plotting her ascension a
lisa long is determined not to be one of them. >>hey mom, i'm cleaning this place and i got one more to clean and i'll have enough money to come home, i'll have the rent. >>oh no problem then babe, i love you. >>i love you too. ok bye. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> peter: good morning and welcome to current tv. i'm peter ogborn filling in for bill today tuesday march 5 2013. what a great big show we have coming up. despite their better judgment, they're letting me helm the ship...